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Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Nick Pride+

We recently went through the Liberation Frequency archives
and dug out a great Q&A with Nick Pride (of Nick Pride & The Pimptones
fame) – largely inspired to do so from having unquestionably scored the song of
the summer with ‘Everything's Better in the Summertime’ (Mayer Hawthorne’s
‘Crime’ coming in at a close second, by the way!).

Before we discuss *new* music by the group however, aside
from their debut album release (‘Midnight Feast of Jazz’), discussed within the
interview, there was also reference to a remix project which was subsequently
released following that chat in 2012. The very, very limited hardcopy is
available via the Record Kicks site only, but widely available as an MP3
release. While ‘Midnight Feast of Jazz’ served as the band’s ‘interpretation’
of jazz music from the perspective of a soul and funk band, these
interpretations are now offered up to new perspectives from DJs and producers
who re-mix, re-interpret and re-imagine the original songs embracing even more
sounds and styles including dance, explosive soul numbers and even Latin
rhythms.

Smoove’s (from Smoove & Turrell) remix of ‘Waiting So
Long’ (featuring Jess Roberts) makes the cut, but new to our ears would be
(Daytoner's remix of 'Hug Lorenzo', Diesler's remix of 'Hotdoggin', along with
other DJs and producers, such as Fab Samperi, Danny Massure and Wild Palms.
James Baige's rework of 'Lay It On The Line', which opts for a completely new
groove as the song builds slowly around a nice guitar pattern, while still
thankfully retaining Zoe Gilby's guest vocals, was a strong contender to be the
quiet show-stealer here, but that was before the funky/R&B-infused Ill
Advised remix of ‘Brighter Day’ kicked in.

But about the NEW music I mentioned… as I say, I was
initially making this post to highlight the brilliance of ‘Everything's Better
in the Summertime’ (which was made available as one of the exclusive new tracks
on the new Record Kicks compilation celebrating their 10-year anniversary), but
the band seem to have found a way to post-jack themselves as I’ve just
discovered their cover of Massive Attack’s ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ – apparently
only made available as a 7” near the end of 2012. How did this completely pass
me by?!?! Well, these two tracks have left me practically salivating for a new
album so here they are for you guys to enjoy as well…

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By day, I fight the crimes of grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors in the publishing industry while chained to a desk. But. By night... when my two litt ones are tucked up for sleep, I immerse myself within the wonders of the music world and nurture my obsession through the random ramblings and musings on The Blue-in-Green Blog.

All of that, you guessed correctly... while chained to my other desk.

The Blue-in-Green Sessions (hence the blog name) has existed since 2006 and focuses
on the very best that I can get my hands on in soul, jazz and funk
music.
The radio station and the blog aims to chronicle my adventures in soul music as I
discover new artists/albums and interview a fair few along the way too.
The plan is/was/and always will be to hopefully put you guys on to
something fantastic and new in the world of soul music. If you've never
heard of them, and like what you hear, then that's great; if it makes
you want to get in touch and pitch things my way, then that's even
better.